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Hurting animals and repenting later.

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Has anyone, as a child, ever hurt animals like pelting stray cats and dogs with stones? As well, a part of me doesn’t want to be relieved of this burden, as I feel I’m undeserving of being freed from the emotional pain caused by my past actions. And once the deed is done you start repenting your vile act.

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Friend, neighbors, and neglected dogs.

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A few days ago a stray showed up and they took him in. The plan was to keep him but they ended up finding his owners and giving him back was very emotional. So my friends have 3 dogs in a small home but with a good sized backyard. They love there dogs and are amazing owners. Since then he has returned to their house daily.

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5 Vital Questions When Adopting A Rescue Dog

4 The Love Of Animals

Right at the top of the list is the awareness that your new rescue has a shady history, especially if it was a stray. Rarely do shelters know anything about the dog’s history when they first come in and the longer a dog lives at the shelter the more impact it will have on their emotional well-being.

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Welcome Home Mama & Boris: How a Sister’s Love Saved a Fallen Soldiers Beloved Dogs

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He was drawn to their innocence, and their pure emotions. The Army doesn’t allow soldiers to keep animals on the base, Peter explains, and he knew that it was dangerous for them to be spotted so near to the walls, as often stray animals will be ordered to be put down if they are found to be engaging with soldiers.

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Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans

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In each instance they start with a striking anecdote — my particular favorite took place on the University of Montana campus, where in 1964 an American Crow learned to call and taunt stray dogs into causing perhaps the most adorable college riots of the decade.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

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He's right with his implication that stopping the seizing of pets and strays simply created a more efficient, effective means of commodifying and torturing dogs and cats. Engber writes of experimenting on cats and on the "furtive language" vivisectionists use to decrease the emotional impact of what they do.